The Toolkit of Economic Crime Is Being Reshaped: Cybercrime Replaces Tax Fraud as the New Trend
28 October 2025
The Office of the Prosecutor General recently published its customary annual statistics on crime in Hungary. According to the data, the overall number of criminal offenses has increased significantly over the past two years (by 6.2% in 2023 and by 31% in 2024). An even more pronounced increase can be observed in the number of economic crimes: compared to the previous year, such offenses rose by approximately 24% in 2023 and by around 35% in 2024. A major shift is also visible in the structure of economic crime: while traditional forms of crime (such as budget fraud or bankruptcy-related offenses) are declining, the number of cybercrime offenses is rising dramatically.
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